And the Oscar goes to . . .

Scientific or Technical Award (Class I). To Philip V. Palmquist of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., to Dr. Herbert Meyer of the Motion Picture and Television Research Center, and to Charles D. Staffell of the Rank Organization for the development of a successful embodiment of the reflex background projection system for composite cinematography.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Philip V. Palmquist and Leonard L. Olson of the 3M Company, and Frank P. Clark of the AMPTP Motion Picture and Television Research Center for development of the Nextel simulated blood for motion picture color photography.